Daily International News
August 9, 2011
Northeast Asia
Japan
Nagasaki remembers A-bomb, US sends representative [AP]
Japan to lift some nuclear evacuation advisories [AP]
Japan Held Nuclear Data, Leaving Evacuees in Peril [NYT]
LDP demands PM explain mysterious donations to political group [Mainichi]
Koreas
North Korea says no way to opening up, or reform [Reuters]
U.S. requests North Korea talks on war remains: report [Reuters]
NKorea: Tropical storm causes casualties, damage [AP]
China/Taiwan
Ai Weiwei resumes China criticism in Twitter messages [BBC]
Defense Ministry says PLA’s operation in south China routine drill [Xinhua]
China says it was targeted in 500,000 cyberattacks [AP]
The first aircraft carrier hotel in China [Xinhua]
China Inflation Quickening to 6.5% Limits Policy Response to Global Crisis [Bloomberg]
Taiwan opposition says computers hacked by Chinese [AP]
Taiwanese man sentenced on espionage charges [AP]
Southeast Asia/Pacific
Saudi beheading fuels backlash in Indonesia [WaPo]
Indonesia’s Muhammad Nazaruddin arrested in Colombia [BBC]
World Bank blocks Cambodia loans amid Boeung Kak row [BBC]
South/Central Asia
With war crimes heat on, Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa goes to China [Reuters]
Clashes erupt in Indian capital during anti-graft protest [Reuters]
Obama pledges to press on in Afghan war [Reuters]
Middle East
Syrian death toll rises as Arab states protest [Guardian]
Syria calls on Turkey, Gulf countries to reconsider their stands: paper [Xinhua]
Turkish foreign minister meets Syria’s Assad [Al Jazeera]
Israel sends drones over Mediterranean gas fields [AP]
Iraq’s Qaeda asks ex-fighters to return, threatens attacks [Reuters]
Lebanon reports back to tribunal on Hariri probe [Reuters]
Gunmen kill soldier in Yemen’s southern city Aden [Reuters]
Africa
Rebels in captured town plan push towards Tripoli [Reuters]
NATO dismisses report of Libyan civilian casualties in air strikes [Xinhua]
Somalia famine: WFP begins 800-ton airlift of food [AP]
Somalia offers al-Shabab amnesty [Al Jazeera]
Europe
Further riots in London as violence spreads across England [BBC]
UK PM recalls Parliament for London riot crisis [AP]
Cargo plane crash kills 11 in Russian far east [Reuters]
Domestic
Obama plan: Destroy Romney [POLITICO]
Rick Perry to make 2012 intentions clear Saturday [POLITICO]
Bachmann brushes off ‘wild-eyed’ photo [POLITICO]
Stock markets bounce ahead of Fed meeting [LAT]
New curfew for Philly teens as mayor blasts flash mobs [LAT]
Republican control at stake in Wisconsin recall elections [LAT]